Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1887-07-21

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VIM. Gowan and wife were at San
dusky the past week.
The Armada Fair will be held Octo-
ber 5, q and this year.
jim Macarthur was here this week
again visiting among friends.
Walter f. Wells is clerking in Finlay-
son & Warnings store at present.
Ed Young moved his household eff
fects to Sandusky Oh Wednesday.
Phil McDougall and wife Sundayed
with relatives and friends in Grant
j. C. Holden spent part of last
week visiting friends in Toronto, Ont.
Frank Rapley has moved into the
house lately vacated by +. j. Ilulburt'
Jas. IIisey, wife and daughter Rhea,
past week.
+. J. Hubert and wife moved to IIar
risville this week where they will make
their future home.
The workmen are busily engaged OH
the roof of the new school house. The
building begins to assume a fine ap-
pearance.
Miss Lettie Robinson, of Peck, has
been the guest of Miss Minnie Welch
and other friends in the village the
past week.
Mr.. Wells, of Vermont state, is at
present visiting his brother, DR.. j.
Wells, whom he hasn't seen for a great
many years.
David Orser is in attendance at the
July races in Detroit. Lee Saunders,
of Port Huron, is taking his place in
the shop here.
III. J. Bradbeer has painted signs for
Landro x Roswell. Wear * Paisley, j.
III. Tomlin, w. y. McKenna and others.
His work is tirst-class.
Benz. Evans says that the young
man who ran into him last Saturday
night had better keep sober for it may
cost him something next time.
The men who "w-r-r-restle the bear
for nickle' were in the village Tues
day evening and furnished good deal
of amusement for both old and young.
Mrs. Jas. Ferguson and daughter
laySons house on Monday. They are
away visiting friends in Port Huron at
present.
Why do not the village authorities
take some steps towards having the
dogs in the village muZZled? Better at
tend to this matter before some one
gets bitten.
Rev. y. J. Holmes, wife and son
Emerson, passed through here Friday
on their way to Downington. where the
latter named party works in the Ad-
vertiser office.
The evening express on the Il. III. q
y. w. R'y stopped three times OH its
way from Saginaw to put out the fire
which caught in the roof of one of the
coaches from a cinder
Lucy G. Lille will contribute to Lip
pincott's for July an article on "The
Mistress of the White House." which
gives some pleasant personal gossip
about the Presidents wife.
Elder J. II. Patton will preach in the
\. {. chapel on the following subjects
Sunday next:-Afternoon at 3 o'clock
death and Life" evening at go
Ye editor and wife visited Emmett
last Friday evening and while there
were entertained in handsome man
ner by Geo. w. Saville and wife. We
always appreciate the kindnesses of
friends.
James Meharg and Alex w. Cameron
have purchased Il first-class Upton trac-
tion engine and one of their best separ-
ators and will be prepared. as soon as
the season opens, to do threshing at
reasonable rates. Give them trial.
DIR. Twitchell, of Fargo, called at this
office on Tuesday. The report that
Lady Greenwood could not beat 6:15
gait is scandalOus and the person who
started such yarn never saw her go
and the punishment he should receive
is horse-whipping. The Doctor says
she can take a standing start and turn
a half-mile post in minutes.
Our friend Gustavis Kimball. of
the Wesleyan University, Delaware,
Ohio, arrived here Wednesday evening
and will remain for a time visiting
Elder RObt. Guy and his many friends
in this place. Mr.. Kimball is meeting
with splendid success as professor in
the penmanship and bookkeeping de-
partment of the above-named institu-
ton.
The amount of sand which the
Brockway Centre authorities carry can
be judged by the statement that the
liquor holes of that town ran full
blast, front-door violation of law on
the fourth.-St Clair Republican. The
amount of sand our village authorities
possess is up to the average but it is To-
Gated in the wrong spot when any mat
ter of this nature is to be attended to.
Section eight of the Michigan statute
| defining the duties of overseers Of
| highways, which is section 1419 of
Howell's annotated statutes, page Ala,
contains the following clause: "Every
overseer shall cause the obnoxious
weeds within the limits of the highway
within his district to be cut down and
destroyed twice in each year. once be-
| fore the first day of July, and again be-
fore the first day ofSeptember, and the
requisite work shall be considered high
way work. Any oyerseer
who shall refuse or neglect to perform
the duties required 10y this section shall
he liable to a penalty of twenty-five
dollars.
julius, youngest son of Mrs. Mary
Hennessy, met with q serious accident
on Wednesday afternoon last. While
climbing up one of the pine trees nailed
to the verandah Of the Rapley House,
as he reached the top and was
about to get over into the balcony the
| limb he was resting on broke and he
fell about fifteen feet. striking on his
head and shoulders, seriously injuring
him internally. lie is now doing as